2022 Citroën C4: Fun, Sexy, and Smart
When launched a few months ago, I thought Citroën's C4 was as French as baguette, Vin Rouge, et la tour Eiffel. C4 shook off the shackles of frump, to become a raving beauty, but there are one or two teensy little trifles to temper the celebrations.
For example, the recent news of a 4 Star ANCAP rating was disappointing but not unexpected. Read about it HERE.
Citroën's C4 comes in a single model, the Shine. Peugeot Citroën has culled their lineup over the last few years, and as sales continued to shrink, new models have been thin on the ground. Some new models failed altogether, such as Citroën's own C3 Aircross.
Buyers are a canny bunch, and they're ruthless when it comes to brand loyalty. No car maker can rest in the laurels of their past glory.
The looks:
C4 is a beguiling little minx, neither overstated nor dull. The friendly face is the latest iteration of the split lighting arrays that seem to have found favour with a deluge of designers. Some have been more successful than others, and Citroën itself has dropped a couple of clunkers in that department.
What we see now is a beautifully refined version of success stories like the beloved 2CV. It is a a pleasant departure from the often dreary hatches pumped out by car makers left and right.
The SUV-coupé, Citroën style, eschews the grotesque bulbousness of the Mercedes GLE and BMW X4 and X6. Instead, the C4 is svelte, with a chapeau floating gently over a deliciously buxom body. Bodacious lines cut across the front and rear, slicing and dicing the surface into a complex mesh of lights, vents, and creases. The eye doesn't rest long, before being guided by expert hands to the next point of interest.
The rump is particularly successful with daring slashes of light defining arrays that also outline the extremities of the hatch. It is clever, but resists the urges of the overdesigned Honda Civic hatch.
You're in no doubt of C4 being an SUV, but her lines cloak her generous proportions in such a way as to render her a mere slip of a thing. It looks much smaller than it actually is.
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